on the house side, 88 year-old michigan representative john conyors stepped aside as top democrat on the house judiciary committee while congress investigates allegations that he sexually harassed female staff members. the top house democrat initially defended conyors sunday morning. >> john conyors is an icon in our country. later nancy pelosi released a statement that an individual's legacy is not a license for her race. chuck severson, abc news, new york. >>> news man charlie rose, who was fired by cbs and pbs last week in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations has had accolade from two universities rescinded. arizona's walter concrete school of journalism and mass communication gave roseanne award for journalism excellence in 2015. but revoked it on friday. school's dean said that the allegations about rose were too egregious to ignore. he hopes to send a message that sexual misconduct would not be tolerated. university of kansas also revoke the award it presented rose just last spring. >>> actress and singer nya riveria was arrested in west virginia. the glee star was arraigne

questions about how congress specifically handles these kinds of things. >> michigan democrat john conyors, the longest serving member of the house now facing accusations that he improperly touched female staffers and that is just a start. buzzfeed reporting conyors office had to pay $27,000 to a woman who said she was fired because she turned down his advances. this may just add new momentum to efforts in congress to crackdown on pay outs, issue raised just last week. >> in the last 20 years there have been 260 settlements at a cost to the taxpayers of this country of 15 million-dollar. that 50 million-dollar has been to silence victims of all types of work place discrimination. >> senator al franken facing second allegation of misconduct by a woman who says he groped her while this photo was being taken. at franken's washington home is being staked out, as his political future now hangs in the future. >> and cbs and pbs host charlie rose faces a wave of allegation from his eight women according to the washington post, he apologized in a statement and cbs has suspended him for now. new yo

. >> reporter: john conyors, now facing accusations he inappropriately touched female staffers and that's just the start. buzz feed report that his office had to pay $27,000 to a woman who said she was fired because she turned down his advances. this may just add new moorman temperature to efforts in congress to crack down on pay outs. an issue raised just last week. >> in the last 20 years there have been 260 settlements at a cost to the taxpayers of this country of $15 million. that has been there to silence victims of all types of workplace discrimination. >> reporter: and al franken facing another allegation of misconduct by a woman who said he groped her while should photograph was being taken. his political future now hangs in the balance. >> reporter: and charlie rose facing a wave of allegations from eight women according to the washington poverty. he apologized in a statement and cbs has suspended him for now. glenn thrush has been suspended after allegations were reported. this as that explosive senate race in alabama continues to play out with judge roy moore facing accusations

. >>> john conyors is not resigning but stepping down amid allegation that is he sexually harassed female >> he fiercely denies that he acted inappropriately during his long tenure in congress. senator al franken is not going to resign from his senate seat and looks forward to getting back to work in capitol hill. he says he will cooperate with an ethics investigation stemming from sexual misconduct allegations. in his first interview over weekend since accusations broke he said he was embarrassed and ashamed. >> this is what i'm doing, i'm taking responsibility, i have apologized to the woman hoff felt disrespected, and, to everyone, i have let down. >> meanwhile the president is urging alabama voters not to vote for the democrat, doug jones, in next months, this months special election. it is next month, coming up early december. trump tweeted yesterday saying the last thing we need in the senate is a schumer/pelosi puppet, republican in the race is roy moore facing all these misconduct allegations with especially teenagers, back when he was serving in government in his 30's. >>> u.s. n

booker spoke about the misconduct allegations facing his senate collogue and democratic congressman john conyorss engaged in that behavior should be held in full account. i'm happy to see a process and light being shined on follow thanks have done that. >> congressman conyors has stepped down from his position as ranking democrat on the house judiciary committee, amid accusations of misconduct house ethics committee is investigating a claim he paid a former staffer more than $27,000 to settle a complaint. >>> a senate vote on tax reform could come as soon as this week but not all lawmakers are on board with the plane. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves is live in the sat center she spoke with new jersey senator corry booker at a special event in camden county, alycia. >> reporter: senator was in camden for an event that is near and dear to his heart but there to talk about this topic near and dear to the pockets of millions of taxpayers. senator book erin termtation of this taxis it may benefit some states, but he is adamant it will hurt millions in new jersey, in fact, he called it an ass

show even is here to go to fox 29.com because we are getting news in from michigan, congressman john conyors been admitted to the hospital for stress-related illness according to a family spokesperson. he is resting okay with his wife monica by his side but no further details about his condition. he has been under investigation after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct. we knew he had flown back to michigan yesterday. we had pictures of him going back and he had been admitted to the hospital. >>> wendy williams, up next i can only imagine what she's talking about today. have a great day. we will maybe see you at franklin institute tonight for art installation. >> that is when it >> announcer: it's a happy holiday live on "the wendy williams show." ♪ feel it baby feel it now here's wendy! [ applause ] >> wendy: thank you for watching. say hello to my co-host, my studio audience. lovely. how you doin?

. >>> top democrat on the house judiciary committee john conyors is not resigning but he is stepping down from that committee amid allegations that he sexually harassed female staff members. >> he fiercely denies he acted inappropriately during his long tenure in congress. senator al franken says he will in the resign from his senate seat and looks forward to returning to work on capitol hill this morning. >>> the democrat says he will cooperate with an ethic investigation stemming from sexual misconduct allegations and franken's first public interview since these allegations came out he felt embarrassed and ashamed. >> this is what i'm doing, i'm taking responsibility, a pol guyed to the woman hoff felt disrespected and to everyone i have let down. >> meanwhile the president is urging voters in alabama not to vote for the democrat, doug jones, in next months special election, he tweeted yesterday saying last thing we need in the u.s. senate is a schumer pelosi puppet.& republican in the race is roy moore who has been accused of sexual misconduct with teenagers from when he was in hi

house ethics committee is investigating a sexual harassment settlement involving john conyers month. man claimed conyors fired her for not accepting his sexual advances. he denies allegations saying he settled to void a long legal battle. >>> but here at home search continues for two people missing since a devastating fire destroyed a senior living community in west chester. meanwhile atf says it has foundry mains of the two other people missing since thursday night's fire at barclay friend s senior center. investigators made those discoveries yesterday. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> meantime pennsylvania's attorney jennies weighing a request to take over prosecution of the penn state fraternity hazing case. center county newly elected district attorney reaccused himself yesterday due to a conflict of interest. you may recall timothy piazza died after a night of heavy drinking at beta theta pi fraternity house back in february. twenty-six people faced charge that he is range from involuntary manslaughter to liquor law violations. >>> e-mails of the pennsylvania congressman bob